The Shape of Absence
Blake, "We are moving out."
Mrs. Blake stood up from the dining table, her voice rising half an octave. "Why move when everything is fine? Did she say something to you?"
Vanessa also put down her bowl and blinked twice. "Adrian, did you misunderstand me?"
Adrian ignored them and led me outside.
After we stepped through the front door, he suddenly stopped and turned back to look at me.
"From now on, anyone and anything that makes you uncomfortable will disappear from your sight. I mean what I say."